So as you all know, I am Canadian. And up until this point in my life, all of my past significant others and my current boyfriend are American.

Don't ask me why, that's just how things have gone for me. And because of this, I have been constantly dealing with the USA/Canadian Immigration system for at least the past decade of my life. Oh joyous day.

The only reason why I'm writing about this now is because I am sitting here filling out the paper work for my sons dual citizenship application because his Dad is American.

So. Much. Paperwork.

But lucky kid! He gets to be a dual citizen! Something I've only dreamed of ever since I started this whole thing when I was 18 years old. Life would've been a piece of cake for me if I was at least born on the other side of the border. It would've saved me tons of stress, loneliness, heartache and thousands of dollars in fees and plane tickets. But alas, I'm still here, still doing it. On the bright side I am incredibly knowledgeable when it comes to the immigration process concerning family and company sponsorship. So much so that I could probably be an immigration consultant if I wanted to. I've been through the work permit process, the permanent residence process and all the visas in between and I've done it all on my own.

For the past few months I've been going through the process of getting a study visa in the USA, so my son and I can move down there to be with my boyfriend @anarcho-andrei and attend University in the Fall and now I'm going through the process of getting my son his dual citizenship. I'm learning something new all the time. I'm gonna have every angle of the immigration system figured out like a boss.

I've always dealt more with Canadian immigration so I'm actually excited to deal with the American side of it now. It'll be exciting if everything works out the way I want it to. It's always stressful dealing with the border agents because no matter what forms you fill out or what fees you pay, if they're having a shitty day, they can deny you entry and ruin your life just because they feel like it. Which is honestly enough to make me wanna puke. Lol. But! All I can really do is hope for the best, stay positive and be prepared because once I cross that border at the end of July, it's all sunshine and rainbows from there, just gotta make it to that point first.

So wish me luck! Anything worth having is never easy right?

Honestly if any of you out there are thinking about moving from the USA to Canada or vice versa and have no idea what your plan should be or what the process looks like, hit me up. I'll share whatever information and words of wisdom I can with you. Like you don't need a lawyer. I'll let you all in on that little secret. An immigration lawyer is completely unnecessary unless English isn't your first language. Don't do it. It's completely possible for you to do it all on your own without having to spend like $6k in legal fees on top of everything else. So there you go, something you now know.

Honestly. I'm going to be so so happy when the day finally comes and I don't have to deal with border bullshit ever again and I can just live peacefully without the looming doom cloud of having to be separated from the ones I love hanging over my head. The constant ticking of the clock that counts down until one of us has to leave. It sucks. Real bad. So I'm going to have a huge celebration when I don't have to deal with that ever again. That'll be a great day. The best day. And I'm hoping it's soon.